I haven’t seen it. I have only seen the plethora of posts saying how shit it is. I figured it was a ploy to get people to hate watch this program. I don’t care either way. I woulda probably watched this show 30 years ago, but my parents wouldn’t let me.

I’ve been lucky to have read some very good books already this year, but this is the best nonfiction book I have read in a very, very long time. I can almost guarantee you are going to love it.

It would have been funny 10ish years ago. Only self-referential meta-humour it tired and lazy.

Sure in a few decades maybe, but I don't know, the size of the US audience and how many people who were directly effected by it (i.e being there or losing family members) who would still be in the demographic of who you'd be marketing it towards just doesn't seem doable in my head.

Or at least it wouldn't go down without a shit storm around it

> Midnight in Chernobyl

Thanks for make me aware of this book! I will be checking this out!

Love that the Chernobyl showrunner is now doing The Last of Us.

Honestly, weirdly, I felt safer about nuclear power after this show because I saw just how hard it would be for a Chernobyl to happen again.

To be fair most people by default treat nuclear energy as a lovecraftian being. Like it will inevitably be the monster that kills us all no matter who is looking after it. Chernobyl didn’t have to try hard to make it that.

Whereas if most took the time to understand the new modular nuclear reactor designs and actually had a layman understanding of how it all worked there would be less hysteria.

People still act like it’s this unworldly creature in which no matter if the smartest and most responsible humans on earth were looking after it, would kill us all.

star destroyer

Not even close but I sure remember episode 4 with the puppies and animals

Are we really doing nostalgia for infomercial grifters selling junk on tv?

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It gave me nightmares. But it is so well made.

Another show that I find scary is Dopesick. Literally made me sick to my stomach. Never had a show do that to me before.

To me what was scary was the indifference and denial of those in charge. It's not even that they were trying to cover things up, they seemed to believe the nonsense they were spouting.

"A nuclear plant can't blow up" Dyatolov would yell, but taking a look out the window to actually see what there was never seemed to cross his mind. What he knew was all that was important. His bosses had a list of who was to blame they were going to throw under the bus. It was expected. "3.6 - not great, not terrible" even though they should know that's as high the friggin device goes. The old party hack who yelled at everyone who questioned authority, and cut off the phones so no lies could be spread.

An indifferent and uncaring authority is as scary as anything can be. The show also showed how people can work together when the shit hits the fan, despite all the hacks that think they know what's best.

It might be another decade or two before it can be done but I don't see why it would remain forever off limits.

I also found it to be scary. Not in the classic ghost story way but I was very afraid for the characters and was afraid of what would happen next.

No

Ever seen the Flex-Seal ads?...Same thing...

It’s a horror movie with no monster.

It's his best role for sure.

But I know what you mean. I wasn't buying it in the teasers and stuff I saw before the show aired.

And it did take me a bit to buy in but yea.. it's his best role

No, the scariest ever was the MacGyver Halloween episode about the haunted house and penny's dead relatives. At least 7 yo me thinks so.

It's probably the fact that you know it all really happened.

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When you’re a Wayans, you only do work with other Wayans.

I haven’t thought about the family in years. I took a look, and there’s like 20 of them now. We’re getting into like third generation Wayans. And they all only ever work with each other.

The Looming Tower is on 9/11